passage work

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passage work

(Music, other) Music scales, runs, etc., in a piece of music which have no structural significance but provide an opportunity for virtuoso display

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No references found			And some of his pianissimo long notes were just as impressive as the fast and furious passage work. Soloist reveals oboe's versatility; REVIEW by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) His bio says The New York Times called him a "prominent guitarist," and The Washington Post described his improvisational passage work as "astonishingly florid. BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Like Horowitz, Gould favored a very light touch to enable extremely fast passage work, but where the former tended to prefer rich sonorities ideal for the Romantic repertory, Gould wanted his piano to attain the clarity and articulation of a harpsichord in order to excel in an unusually wide-ranging repertory that stretched from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Another (New) Variation on Glenn Gould by Nicholas Salwey / The New York Observer			pass pattern pass receiver pass rush pass through pass time pass up pass water pass with flying colors pass-along pass-fail Pass-key Pass-parole pass-through pass. passable Passableness passably passacaglia passade passado passage passage grave passage hawk Passage money passage of lines passage work Passager passageway passagework Passaic Passamaquoddy Passamaquoddy Bay Passamaquody passant passata passband passbook passbook savings account Passchendaele passe passé passe-partout passed ball Passed midshipman passee Passegarde passel Passement passementerie passenger passenger car			passage bed passage grave passage grave Passage graves Passage graves passage hawk passage hawks Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge Passage Key Wilderness passage material Passage migrant Passage money Passage money passage number Passage of Arms Passage of Arms Passage of Arms Passage of Arms Passage of Conflict passage of lines Passage of the Red Sea Passage Point Passage Rite Passage Rite Passage Rite passage taken from a book Passage tomb Passage tomb Passage Tombs Passage Tombs passage work passage, rite passaged passaged passaged passaged Passaged 13 times Passagen Passagen Passagen Passagen Passager Passager passages passages passages passages Passages (album) passages at arms passages at arms passages at arms passages at arms passages of arms passages of arms passages of arms passages of arms passageway passageway passageway passageway passageways

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